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Burning off the dross

November 4, 2008
by Chris Arsenault
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Reform Ideas Series

Thoughout the day, I’ll be posting individual articles – one per idea on reforms that would need to be placed and why.

November 3, 2008
by Chris Arsenault
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John McCain’s Heart

A nurse entered and seemed surprised to find anyone there, and it wasn’t long before I found out why: Almost no one visits anymore. In his time, which was not very long ago, Mo Udall was one of the most-sought-after men in the Democratic Party. Yet as he dies in a veterans hospital a few miles from the Capitol, he is visited regularly only by a single old political friend, John McCain. “He’s not going to wake up this time,” McCain said.

…McCain spoke of how it affected him when Udall took him in hand. It was a simple act of affection and admiration, and for that reason it meant all the more to McCain. It was one man saying to another, We disagree in politics but not in life. It was one man saying to another, party political differences cut only so deep. Having made that step, they found much to agree upon and many useful ways to work together. This is the reason McCain keeps coming to see Udall even after Udall has lost his last shred of political influence. The politics were never all that important.

– The Great McCain Story You’ve Probably Forgotten
By Michael Lewis
Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at 6:47 AM ET

[HT: Instapundit]

November 3, 2008
by Chris Arsenault
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It wasn’t Obama’s rhetorical skill…

Jill Stanek gave me the audio for Obama’s Senate floor argument against Born Alive Legislation.

Here’s the recording – the commentary is mine alone.

After it was posted I realized I should have indicated that in the video, although Jill did so in her article.

There were two other pieces of legislation spoken of in the full recording I received – SB 1661, and SB 1662 which had minimal discussion, and passed without a problem, so I edited them out.

Given time constraints, I removed the audio at the end of the 1663, which covers the actual voting, and then a request for verification and an additional request for a Roll Call, which reset the vote because State Senator Klemm was missing. It appears Klemm voted for passage of the Bill, then left the chamber – causing the total yeas to drop by one and thus nullifying passage.

What caused Klemm to leave or whether he was even present is currently an unknown.

November 3, 2008
by Chris Arsenault
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Time to Vote

I have numerous reasons to believe John McCain and Sarah Palin may win this election, despite the extremities (or because of them) presented by the media, and their polls.

I’ve read close to 1000 presidential polls will have been conducted in the final stretch after the conventions. That’s insane.

I completely discount the polls because of such extremities. there seems to be too many new unknowns, such as the widespread use of YouTube, for the polling companies to be that accurate, and if people are considering prior polls while giving new polls, then that’s like the clockmaker who set his clocks by the bell at the nearby factory and the factory foreman who rings the bell setting his watch by the clock in the window of the clockmaker.

There’s only one poll, one clock, which really matters – the official vote, which is vastly different than all the others, because that clock is the heart of the American people.

November 2, 2008
by Chris Arsenault
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Straw Poll – without the stats

We’re kind of curious as to what the election outlook is around the country, but without official stats. Churches, homes, local campaigns, and around town – what’s the temperature?

For instance, we had a good core of people turn out for an election prayer meeting tonight at our church, and there was serious concern about where this nation is heading. In the end, we concluded that God is in charge, but we can’t always discern his purposes at the moment.

Comments anyone?

October 31, 2008
by Chris Arsenault
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Google Obama!

A revealing array of links is listed below – they are google queries on Obama.

It may be worthwhile saving off the google query pages when they come up, because somehow I think the links that show up now will begin to disappear!

ACORN
Talal
Ayers
Soetero
Berg
Sanders
Khalidi
Black Panthers
Born-Alive
Chicago Annenberg Challenge
Cloward-Priven
Democratic Socialists of America
Donald Warren (aka Khalid al-Mansour)
Emil Jones
Fannie Mae/Freddie mac
Louis Farrakhan
Frank Marshall Davis
George Soros
Jim Johnson
Khalid al-Mansour (Donald Warren)
Malcolm X
Mohammed Hasan Chandoo
Raila Odinga
Saul Alinsky
Anthony Rezko
Woods Fund
Jeremiah Wright
United Trinity Church

October 25, 2008
by Chris Arsenault
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Approaching that scary day…(hint: It’s not Halloween…)

Lydia at What’s Wrong with the World provides some comic relief from the election cycle:

Cute. Explains DKOS, RHRC and the usual.

However, my son pointed out that reality is stranger than fiction.

Apparently the children have never picked up bloody body pieces, nor been exposed to reality.
Strange, considering their siblings and generation has been ripped apart – Maybe they are trying to tell us something?

Speaking of Zombies – Check out this article The Left’s Big Blunder at ZombieTime.

As usual, Zombie shows clear thinking in the midst of insanity.

Speaking of the undead – maybe that’s what Acorn has been working on with it’s voter registrations!